German police search for a lion suspected of being on the loose in Berlin’s suburbs

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities have warned people in Berlin’s southern suburbs to watch out for a potentially dangerous animal, suspected to be a lioness, that is on the loose. Police in Brandenburg state, which surrounds the capital, issued a warning in the early hours of Thursday of an “escaped wild animal” and asked people in three towns just outside Berlin’s city limits not to leave their houses and to bring their pets indoors. The warning was later extended to southern areas of Berlin, and an alert sent on an official warning app said the animal was suspected to be a lioness. A vet and two hunters are participating in a search for the creature.